Facts about the help of prayer for the departed

Hello, I am praying the "Akathist for the Repose of the Departed" for my father. Since December 22, 2019, I have also submitted his name for commemoration at the Unceasing Psalter for a year. On Saturdays, I read the Akathist, and every evening I read the Psalter. During his life, my father went to church, prayed, and received communion. Exactly two months later, he appeared to me in a dream. He said, "Wow, how quickly everything worked out. Thank you, you are one of a kind to me." He also said that he loves me very much. This dream felt so...

In February 2020, I had a dream about my late grandmother (she passed away in 2013 at the age of 91). In the dream, we were in a large restaurant, and all our relatives were bustling around, setting up an abundant, lavish table full of all kinds of dishes and delicacies—so much so that plates had to be stacked on top of each other... In the dream, I clearly understood that this table was in honor of my grandmother, who was also there. She stood quietly and inconspicuously to the side, observing everything. Her appearance was unremarkable—she...

Greetings to all who are reading my testimony! I want to begin with gratitude! Greetings and a deep bow to Father Vladimir for his sermons! It was from Father Vladimir’s sermons that I learned about the importance of parental blessing! And I began to wonder how I could receive a parental blessing, since my father died when I was 14, and my mother passed away when I was 21. Only my disabled sister and I remained (she now lives in a psychiatric hospital). I realized that I needed to pray for my parents. I started with my grandmother, but praying...